鳴きます（なきます、nakimasu）
- to chirp

The Japanese word 鳴きます （鳴きます） primarily means "to make a sound" or "to cry" (referring to animals). It describes the sound certain creatures make. It's often used for animals, but it can sometimes be used in other contexts that signify a distinct sound. It describes the action of producing a sound, vocalization.

⚫︎ 犬が 鳴きます。 Translation: The dog barks. ⚫︎ 鳥が 鳴きます。 Translation: The bird sings/chirps. ⚫︎ 猫が 鳴きます。 Translation: The cat meows.

⚫︎ 鳴きます （鳴きます） is used to describe the vocalizations of animals. ⚫︎ It is used with the subject being the animal. ⚫︎ Use it in the present tense to describe a current action or a habitual one. ⚫︎ Pay attention to the animal type, as the sound will change to a different word.

⚫︎ The word is typically written in hiragana as なきます. ⚫︎ The kanji form is 鳴きます. ⚫︎ The okurigana (送りがな) - the suffix hiragana - is always "きます".

⚫︎ For animals, other words are often used based on the sound: * 吠えます (ほえます) - To bark (dogs) * さえずります (さえずります) - To sing/chirp (birds) * ニャーニャー言います (ニャーニャー言います) - To meow (cats) ⚫︎ These words offer more specific descriptions.

⚫︎ There are no direct antonyms for 鳴きます （鳴きます）, as it describes an action. ⚫︎ The concept of "not making a sound" could be considered an antonym in a general sense, but there isn't one specific opposite verb.

鶏が朝に 鳴きます。 ・Translation: The rooster crows in the morning. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the sound of a rooster in the morning.

その動物園では、色々な動物が 鳴きます。 ・Translation: In that zoo, various animals make sounds. ・Explanation: This sentence illustrates the usage of the word to describe various animal sounds within a specific context.

⚫︎ The kanji 鳴 means "to chirp," "to sound," "to ring," or "to cry." ⚫︎ The verb stem 鳴 forms the basis of the verb 鳴きます （鳴きます）, with the suffix きます denoting the verb's conjugation (present tense).